A Nation at War With Itself By Patrick J. Buchanan
President Donald Trump has decided to cease cooperating with what he sees, not incorrectly, as a Beltway conspiracy that is out to destroy him.
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April 26, 2019
April 26, 2019
The Most Successful Presidents Keep to Themselves -- Not Twitter By Michael Barone
"The Mueller report makes Trump look vain, ignorant, inept, and astonishingly dishonest." So writes my Washington Examiner colleague Quin Hillyer, never an enthusiast of President Donald Trump.
April 25, 2019
Most Think Amazon’s Alexa Is Spying On its Users
Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa is an increasing presence in American households, but most suspect that the online mega-retailer is using it to spy on customers.
April 25, 2019
Fed Earns Higher Marks, Voters Less Worried About Independence
President Trump continues to question the monetary moves of the Federal Reserve Board, but voters give the central bank its highest approval in years. They also suspect that the Fed is less independent of the president than it was during the Obama years.
April 25, 2019
Biden Would be Arguably the Most Experienced New President Ever By Kyle Kondik
He will run as the president who needs no training. But he may be the candidate who cannot be trained.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— If Joe Biden wins the presidency, he will bring with him nearly a half-century of elected officeholding experience, giving him perhaps the fullest resume of public service possessed by any new president ever.
— It may be that Democrats are more open to a very experienced candidate than Republicans were in 2016, when they selected a presidential nominee, Donald Trump, with no elected or military experience.
— Biden has a very long record to defend, a burden that other, much less experienced candidates do not have. He also will have to show that he has learned from past mistakes and can run a disciplined, strong campaign.
April 24, 2019
Voters Say Impeachment Unlikely from Mueller Report Despite Media’s Efforts
Voters think Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report is unlikely to help congressional Democrats impeach President Trump, but they expect reporters to try to hurt the president with it if they can.
April 24, 2019
Beware Soros-Funded Hijacking of US Census By Michelle Malkin
"Are you a U.S. citizen?"
April 24, 2019
Green Dreams By John Stossel
The Green New Deal's goal is to move America to zero carbon emissions in 10 years.
April 23, 2019
Just 31% Oppose Plan to Send Illegals to Sanctuary Communities
Voters still aren’t eager to live in so-called sanctuary communities, and they tend to support President Trump’s proposal to send illegal immigrants to those communities.
April 23, 2019
The Immigrants We Need Most By Stephen Moore
Of all America's immigrant visa programs, arguably the most successful for the U.S. economy has been the H-1B program. This program admits highly skilled foreign workers who fill vital employment niches to make our Made in America businesses more successful in international markets. Larry Kudlow, the director of President Donald Trump's National Economic Council, calls these immigrants the "brainiacs."
April 23, 2019
The Democrats Divide on Impeachment By Patrick J. Buchanan
The release of the Mueller report has left Democrats in a dilemma. For consider what Robert Mueller concluded after two years of investigation.
April 22, 2019
42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-two percent (42%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending April 18.
April 22, 2019
Many Reject Mueller’s Findings But Not Sure Why
A sizable number of voters don’t agree with the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, although many of them are not exactly sure why. Most voters think politics is the reason for the criticism.
April 20, 2019
For Journalists, Self-Censorship Is Credibility Suicide By Ted Rall
What is the job of the news media? To report the news. Everyone agrees on that. But some well-intentioned self-imposed ethical guidelines that members of the news media take for granted are getting in the way of the industry's fundamental mission: telling everything they know to a public whose right to know is sacred.
April 20, 2019
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending April 20, 2019
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
April 19, 2019
Voters Are Not Ready to Punish Israel for Netanyahu’s Reelection
A prominent Democratic congresswoman has called for cutting U.S. military aid to Israel following the reelection of the “Trump-like” Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. But voters here don’t appear ready to do that.
April 19, 2019
Is Bernie Stealing Trump's 'No More Wars' Issue? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"The president has said that he does not want to see this country involved in endless wars... I agree with that," Bernie Sanders told the Fox News audience at Monday's town hall meeting in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
April 19, 2019
Stopping the Campusfication of American Life By Michael Barone
Many people, years after they graduate from high school and college, have nightmares about taking exams for a course for which they have done none of the reading and are totally unprepared. They wake up full of anxiety and relax only when they realize they left school years ago.
April 18, 2019
Most Would Vote for Gay President, Not So Sure Others Would
Pete Buttigieg, the little-known Democratic mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is hoping to be the first openly gay presidential nominee of a major party. Most voters are willing to support a gay president, but they’re far less confident that others close to them feel the same way.
April 18, 2019
Many See 9/11 As A Fading Memory
A Muslim congresswoman has drawn criticism for recent comments that appeared to downplay the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, but voters are closely divided over whether Americans even remember that horrific day. One-in-three can’t say how many died in those attacks.
